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September 7, 2023 No Responses

Behind the badge

RALEIGH — A law enforcement officer watches as, upon his request, a drug trafficker threatens the lawman’s 17-year-old daughter’s boyfriend. The same officer sells guns he seized from drug raids — firearms he never logged as evidence — on gunbroker.com, a...

August 30, 2023 No Responses

Former, current WCSO deputies indicted by federal grand jury

A former and current Wayne County Sheriff’s deputy have been indicted by a federal grand jury. According to the indictment, Michael Kenneth Cox, 48, and Christopher Worth, 52, were each indicted on 12 separate fraud charges stemming from an alleged...

August 26, 2023 one Response

Hidden in plain sight

His hands clinching the straps of the black backpack secured to his shoulders, Chris Watson looks at the ground. He doesn’t seem to notice that mosquitos have landed on his left shoulder and right forearm. He doesn’t seem outwardly bothered...

June 13, 2023 No Responses

Former CBA teacher takes Alford plea in sex offense case

For the second time in four months, a former Wayne County educator took an Alford plea to avoid a potential prison sentence for sex offenses alleged by a female student. Keith Gerald Woodard III, who was employed as an English...

April 12, 2023 No Responses

Teenage girl dead, 5 others injured in Leslie Street shooting

A teenage girl was killed — and five others were injured — Wednesday evening after a shooting at a party in downtown Goldsboro. The incident happened around 6:30. According to a news release from the Goldsboro Police Department, the five...

December 20, 2022 No Responses

Teen brings loaded handgun to Eastern Wayne High

A teenager brought a loaded handgun to Eastern Wayne High School today, according to several teachers with knowledge of the incident and an automated message that was sent to parents moments ago. The school was not locked down at any...

December 19, 2022 No Responses

Two dead, Berkeley Mall locked down after shooting at Spence Avenue law office

Shoppers inside Berkeley Mall were told to shelter in place briefly this afternoon due to an “active shooter” in the area. One local resident, who was shopping with his young daughter in Belk, told the New Old North the lockdown...

December 6, 2022 No Responses

WCPS superintendent announces retirement

Wayne County Public Schools’ Superintendent Dr. David Lewis announced his retirement Monday evening in a letter to members of the district’s leadership team. “It has been my honor and privilege to serve the students, families, staff, and comm...

October 14, 2022 No Responses

Report: Schools that serve SJAFB among worst in Air Force

Back in October 2020, a story published about a study commissioned by the Department of the Air Force — a report that revealed that of the 157 school districts that serve children of airmen across the nation, the districts that...

August 31, 2022 No Responses

School Board cites ‘lying with impunity’ as part of sprawling justification for unanimous vote to fire Southern Wayne science teacher

It started with conflicting narratives. On the one hand, there was a veteran teacher who, with his administrator’s blessing, brought a pocketknife onto the Southern Wayne High School campus. He unknowingly kept it in his pocket and when a school...

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